Tara's finished block and my quest for you...

Here is Tara's block, all sewn and pressed and ready for the post.  Seeing how we are in the middle of a blizzard, that may have to wait until Thursday.  I am quickly trying to post all this before we lose power.  The winds are howling outside, the snow is falling and blowing, and it is c-c-c-cold!!

I love Tara's idea for her blocks...I was sorely tempted to send out a repeat performance, but then I came up with a really wacky idea.  I hope you don't mind playing along.

I decided at the beginning of the year that I wanted to come to some serious decisions about UFO's.  I need to either finish them, pass them on, or re-purpose (recycle, really) them.  I spotted one UFO on the shelf a couple of weeks ago and decided to take a peek in the bin and make a decision about it's future. 

Have you ever heard anyone refer to a project as having "sex appeal??"  Well, this project didn't seem "sexy" to me anymore.  In fact, I'm not exactly sure what I really had in mind when I cut out all these lovely 30's fabrics a few years ago.  Sometimes I just pet fabric and cut out shapes, lost in the fog of fabric lust...

So I have come up with a plan for you to help me make lemonade from lemons.  I came up with a new plan using the pieces I have, and cut some of the solid green to help make it all happen.  Since the green was in the bin with the UFO, I must have intended it to go together at some point.  Lord, I miss my mind!

Using the 4-patch units I already assembled, some additional 3 inch squares, and some solid green rectangles, I have come up with the following block idea.

The 4-patch unit measures 5.5 inches square (unfinished), the rectangles are 3 x 5.5 inches (unfinished), and the squares are 3 inches (unfinished).

After laying out the pieces, I sewed them in rows first.  On the top and bottom rows, I pressed the seams toward the green rectangles.  On the middle row, I pressed the seams away from the 4-patch unit, again, toward the green rectangles.

After assembling the rows, I pressed the seams toward the outside of the square, away from the 4-patch unit.  The final block should be 10.5 inches square (unfinished).

I am going to join the blocks by making sashing from additional 3 inch squares of 30's fabrics (I cut TONS of them out, for some reason...), using solid green squares as cornerstones.  I think it will be simply stated, but brilliant! 

Now we are having "thunder snow" - it's definitely weird out there.  It is after midnight here and everything outside is a white blowing blur.  Weasley, my cat, seems a little concerned (I am too, truth be known...).

I will get these posted on Thursday, weather permitting!!

In stitches,

Teresa  :o)